Engelina Zandstra Art Gallery - Engelina Zandstra Artworks

Engelina Zandstra Art Gallery - Engelina Zandstra Artworks

"Engelina Zandstra is living in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since 1992 she followed in Amsterdam many courses in the field of painting, etching, modelling and silk-screen painting. She also took private and group lessons with a visual artist, and did participate in various workshops in the painting and drawing area. Autodidact. During the last years she"

- Permanent exhibition in my own studio in Amsterdam, Netherlands You are welcome to come and see my work in reality. Send me an e-mail for an appointment.

My work can best be described as lyrical-abstract.Colour is very important for me : the alchemy of colour. This defines for me the atmosphere of a painting.Usually I work in many thin layers on top of each other. Each new layer gives inspiration for the following one, with new ideas.Because of the different layers and colours, the acrylic paint gets depth and character.In a figurative work, there are sometimes two or more human figures present. That symbolizes for me human relationships.

My work can best be described as lyrical-abstract.Colour is very important for me : the alchemy of colour. This defines for me the atmosphere of a painting.Usually I work in many thin layers on top of each other. Each new layer gives inspiration for the following one, with new ideas.Because of the different layers and colours, the acrylic paint gets depth and character.In a figurative work, there are sometimes two or more human figures present. That symbolizes for me human relationships.

Engelina Zandstra is living in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since 1992 she followed in Amsterdam many courses in the field of painting, etching, modelling and silk-screen painting. She also took private and group lessons with a visual artist, and did participate in various workshops in the painting and drawing area. Autodidact.During the last years she chiefly applies herself to painting, with acrylic paint on canvas.

underneath colour and shapethere are lawsa painting must fulfillan invisible frameworkproportionsmovementlimitationsone must be ableto enter the paintingand to leave itthe arrangement of the formsis leading the phantasyvia the unknownto the inner life